Changes for page Openwrt for Linksys EA8100
Last modified by Leon Poon on 2021/07/16 18:40
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... ... @@ -2,14 +2,7 @@ 2 2 3 3 If you brick your router you should be able to recover by soldering the UART pin headers and connecting to the serial. See [[this page for pictures>>doc:Linksys EA8100.WebHome]]. 4 4 5 -= 21.02.x = 6 6 7 -Thanks to [[this patch>>https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/97df795b78dc572ea2ec105ccbf8af27cc4b4d8e]], EA8100 is now supported from openwrt 21.02. 8 - 9 -The 21.02 release is currently at RC3. You can get it from [[openwrt firmware selector>>https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=21.02.0-rc3&target=ramips%2Fmt7621&id=linksys_ea8100-v1]] page. 10 - 11 -Both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz wifi are working fine. 12 - 13 13 = 19.07.x = 14 14 15 15 Openwrt 19.07.7 for EA8100 is here! ... ... @@ -19,15 +19,13 @@ 19 19 * Wifi (5Ghz) seem to work at 30-40MB/s with a MacBook Pro. 20 20 * **Known issue**: 2.4Ghz wifi performance is really bad. You probably want to disable 2.4Ghz wifi. 21 21 22 -UPDATED 2020-12-10 the 19.07.04 and later builds now includes LuCi! 15 +UPDATED 2020-12-10 the 19.07.04 and later builds now includes LuCi! Follow these instructions: 23 23 24 24 (% class="box warningmessage" %) 25 25 ((( 26 -Always use a PC connected to the device via wired ethernet for flashing firmwares.19 +Always use a PC connected to the device via wired ethernet. 27 27 ))) 28 28 29 -Follow these instructions: 30 - 31 31 1. Download ##[[initramfs-factory.img>>https://www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.7/bin/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-initramfs-factory.img]]## and ##[[squashfs-sysupgrade.bin>>https://www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.7/bin/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin||style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"]]## 32 32 1. Access Linksys UI (default [[http:~~/~~/192.168.10.1/>>http://192.168.10.1/]]). Flash **##initramfs-factory.img##**. It will reboot. 33 33 1. Wait for Openwrt to boot so that you get to LuCi at [[http:~~/~~/192.168.1.1/>>http://192.168.1.1/]]. You might need to restart your PC so that it gets a ##192.168.1.x## address from openwrt. Once you get LuCI, do NOT configure yet! It's not ready.